Vasundhara Garg

At SocialCops, we hire interns for core functions like building apps, business development, and marketing. Even if somebody is 18 years old, we believe they can work alongside us like regular team members. Many of our interns have extended their internships, completed consecutive internships, or joined us full time after…

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Friday Demos are the one time in the week that the SocialCops team stops executing and sits back to have some fun. On Friday at 6 pm sharp, we put our laptops away and focus our attention on the projector screen that makes its way down for its two hours of…

Summary Tata Trusts wanted to be able to visualise granular household level data for a small village in Orissa, in an intuitive, lifelike manner that could help identify various issues and their patterns in occurrence. We built them a map with custom shape files of the houses that represented the…

Summary The Nepal earthquake in April-May, 2015 was one of the worst natural disasters to have hit the region in over 8 decades: tens of thousands of people were killed, and a lot more injured. Goonj – India’s leading disaster relief organisation – needed to ensure that their resources were…

The Problem The small city of Ranchi was known for poor street lighting since time anyone remembered – a basic problem that led most people to pull out their smartphones from their pockets post 7 p.m. and not think twice about it. Broken streetlights caused much bigger problems in the…

The Problem In India, “Safai Karamcharis” refer to the group of public workers responsible for street sweeping and garbage picking. The public worker system in India lacks an incredibly important component – incentives for good performance. People tend to perform better when recognized for their good performance. While this is…

While the world was grappling with the massive earthquake that ravaged Nepal on 25th April, the recent cascade of aftershocks & tremors have made the situation inconsolable. With more than 8000 dead and thousands more injured after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake, it is definitely Nepal’s worst natural disaster in decades. The new…

Life is quite different 35,000 kilometers away from where I was just 10 months ago. I think the competitive environment in University instills the idea of a perfect job awaiting you as you step out into the world. But the truth is far from that. I stumbled upon my first…

“Development of villages on all fronts is in the hands of the people of respective villages and now there is golden chance to do it, said JM Paresh, an official of Tata Trust… SocialCops co-founder Prukalpa Sankar… explained various technical aspects of enumerating the data.” SocialCops was featured in The…

“In the map, every district has been scored out of an average score of 10. As one navigates across the map, information regarding the infrastructure, the learning conditions, and the Member of Parliament to be held accountable is also available for every district. This information is provided in the form…

“Tata Trusts will launch the process of micro-planning for development of 264 villages in Vijayawada Parliamentary constituency starting with a two-week training session for 1,200 volunteers on May 1.” SocialCops was featured in The Hindu. Read the full article here. In our bid to drive decision making through #data we’re…

“If a girl wants to know the safest route home, we should be able to help.” We are excited to be a part of the prestigious Fortune 40 under 40 list along with the founders of companies like Flipkart, Zomato, Urban Ladder, ZipDial et al! Catch us in the latest…

“Unfettered by preconception and baggage, these men and women are giving change a real chance in India. Meet the tomorrow people.” SocialCops is part of the Forbes India 30 under 30, 2015 list! Read the full list here. Read the full list: The Forbes India 30 Under 30 list for 2015…

“Big data allows startups, companies, governments, and societies to gather unprecedented amounts of insights that could change the world for good. Recently, 500 Startups invested in SocialCops, which processes millions of discrete data points in the most remote locations in the world for industry and social sector leaders to make data-driven…

“This ‘governance at your fingertips’ also creates a new way for citizen-government engagement, which can be a powerful coalition for good. MobileOne and SocialCops both offer this today and with mobile penetration increasing by the day, these initiatives will give a huge platform to ignite the minds of the youth…

Swachh Bharat has found its place as a national priority under Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The task is enormous and will require change in individual behavior as well as transformation in sanitation infrastructure and capabilities. Technology can be an enabler in this process by providing tools, processes, and structures to make cleanliness and sanitation…

“We were novices – 21 year olds from a university in Singapore — trying to figure out a way to use data to solve real life problems in India.” SocialCops was featured in Yourstory. Read the full article here. Fundraising for early stage #entrepreneurs 101 http://t.co/s1TnsIBPSX by @prukalpa of @Social_Cops…

“In terms of scale, from his portfolio, Anandan is particularly bullish on SocialCops. He sees its five-year goal as being able to power products like Google Maps with social data, which should be useful for customers as diverse as Hindustan Unilever, Unicef and the Karnataka government, all current clients.” SocialCops…

“Buoyed by Singapore government’s support including cash payouts and tax waivers, and assistance from universities, Indians are giving up corporate jobs for businesses in the South-east Asian country.” SocialCops was featured in Economic Times. Read the full article here. Born in India, trained in Sing, building big data in India!…

“Another start-up looking at police as its key clients is Delhi-based data analytics firm SocialCops, which is in talks with Bangalore and Gurgaon traffic police. The firm performs analytics on crowd-sourced data obtained from NGOs, citizens and municipal bodies, to suggest, for example, the safest route for women to reach their…

“A lot of cleanliness drives have been happening all over the country and there are people who want to know how they can pitch in. These drives have to be made sustainable and not just reduced to hype-creating exercises.” SocialCops was featured in Times Of India. Read the full article…

“These startups are not only changing what you can buy with your money online, but redefining how an idea can translate into a scalable, lucrative business.” Socialcops was featured in the 8th issue of “Cool Ideas”. Read the full article here. My (wired) #coolidea. These #startups are redefining how an idea can…

An article tracing our trajectory right from our days as a university startup to where we are today, a technology data company on a mission to solve the world’s biggest problems. Read the full article here. “The idea is to collaborate with as many non-profits in the country as possible,…

“Delhi-based technology data startup SocialCops also uses cheap smartphones to accumulate data public infrastructure and services. For instance, Google Maps tells us the quickest route home, but not the safest route home for a girl.” SocialCops was featured in Economic Times. Read the full article here. Watch out for SocialCops…

“Here is how SocialCops works: data from the people on a variety of issues that affect their daily lives – from pot-holes on roads to teacher-attendance in government schools – is crowd-sourced via low-cost internet-enabled mobile phones. It also deploys field workers to remote areas with no mobile connectivity. From…

“SocialCops is taking Big Data in a direction that a few companies have been able to do, which is providing data and insights that can help solve real world problems.” SocialCops was featured in VC Circle. Read the full article here. [email protected]: Delhi @Social_Cops raises $320K from @500Startups @RajanAnandan http://t.co/OSof0MYSBT…

“I am thrilled with the pioneering work that SocialCops is doing. We are limited only by our imagination in terms of how technology can address the challenges facing humanity. SocialCops is well poised to play an important role in helping shape a better future and humbled to be part of…

“SocialCops is a social enterprise that recruits citizens to act as ‘human sensors’ around India’s capital. After only eight months, it’s already worked on several intractable city issues by creating a mobile platform that allows people to get involved in their area.” Read the full article on Fast Company. Using citizens…

“They call themselves the SocialCops; a team of five geeks who procure data from ground zero to work on social and civic issues. Be it the quality of the rice served in a school’s midday scheme, the non-functioning faucets in public toilets or getting residents to rate their streets on…

“Last year a group of engineers from Singapore, with the aim of using technology to create change, set up Socialcops.com, a citizen platform that sources reports regarding civic issues. There are several, isolated initiatives like these dotting the country. But lacking in support and funding, they run out of steam…